Lasting-awl



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C. K.. BRADFORD.

. LASTING A'WL.

No. 376,939. -Pa nted Jan. 24; 1888.-

WQEEEESU Igp/251km" UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEe AND GEORGE A.FULLERTON, BOTH OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS'.

LASTING-AWL, i 'f SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.376,939, datedJ'anuay 24, 1888'. ,Application fueaMny so, issu. serialNoname; (Nomads A .To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES K. BRADFORD,

Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Tool, of which thefollowing is a specication.

My invention is a new tool more especially adapted for lasting boots andshoes.V It is a curved awl having near its outer end a threadcarryinghook vwith an inwardly-inclinedpoint, the hook being formed in the edgeof the curved portion of the awlthat is to say, not upon the outer northe inner surface of the curved lpart but upon the edge of the curvedpart.

View of my new tool, and'Figs. 2, 3, and lare enlarged Views of itsshank and point. I

a is a stock or handle adapted to receive the awl b, .which is curvedand provided with the hook d on one ofthe edgesf of the curved part ofthe awl. This hook 'd is 'to carry the thread which the Workman places.in it after puncturingthe material on which he is operating; and as thepoint of hook d (which is on the edge of the curved part of the awl) isinclined inwardly-#that is, toward'the back of the hook, as shown-thepoint of the hook does not catch on the material from which it iswithdrawn after puncturing. This inward inclination of the hook I havefound to be an important feature of my awl, because it does away withall danger of the point of the hook catching in the stock when the awlis withdrawn; and this catching of the hooks point in the stocksometimes injures the stock, and is a serious hinderance to the workman,as will be plain to all skilled in the art.

I amaware thata straight awl having a hook-shaped notch near the pointis described in Patent No. 189,934, dated April 24, 1877 5 In thedrawings, Figure 1 is a perspective but such'an awl cannot be used indoingrnany JHAELEs K. BRADFORD, oF LYNNFIELD, AssIeNoE To GEORGE E. F,FLAGG kinds of work, as will be readily understood;`

the edge of its curved part, whereby it is Vand my tool dil'ersessentially from suchanLA vawl in being curved and in having its hook onadapted for many kinds of Work impossibleto be done with an awl of theclass to which'that described in said Letters Patent belongs. My awl'also differs essentially from the awl de-y scribed in Stickels patent,No. 296,084, dated April l, 1884, in having its hook on the edge of thecurved part, as above explained. Thev notch in Stickels awl is on theunder side of f thecurved part of the awl, and consequently Stickels awlis practically worthless as alasting-tool.

. I am aware, also, that a curved notchpointed77 needle isshown-inDunhams patent, 1

No. 36,396, dated September 9, 1862;'but this needleis practicallyworthless as an awlfof lasting, because the point of its hook is notinclined iuvvardlyx` I am aware of Strains patent, N o. 106,092, datedAugust 2, 1870, for a'sewing-machine needle. I disclaim all that isdescribed in the patents above mentioned.

The handle or stock a is preferably made of metal, or Weighted and facedwith metal," so` that it can be used conveniently as aharnmer.`

What I claim as my invention is' The awl b, curved, asshowmand havinggou the edge of'its curved part the hook d, with an 'iinwardly-,inclined point, substantially as and

